Carimi, the 29th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, was traded Sunday to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The deal was contingent on Carimi passing a physical.

Gabe Carimi: Starting over with the Bucs. (AP Photo)

In exchange, the Bears received a sixth-round pick in the 2014 Draft. The deal comes before the team's first mandatory camp.

With murmurs of "bust" around him, Carimi heads to Tampa after a dud season in Chicago. After starting at right tackle, the Bears moved him to guard where his size at 6-7, 316, and athleticism was thought to be an advantage.

Carimi's star faded with a series of injuries. He came to the Bears after winning the Outland Trophy as the nation's best offensive lineman at Wisconsin. After starting the first two games of the 2011 season, Carimi went down with a knee injury.

He started the first 10 games at right guard before losing the job to Jonathan Scott and played guard and tackle the rest of the way. But he seemed to be the odd man out after a series of moves this offseason.

The Bears fired coach Lovie Smith and hired Marc Trestman to replace him. They also revised their offensive line, signing left tackle Jermon Bushrod and veteran guardsMatt Slauson and Eben Britton. They also drafted guard Kyle Long in the first round, adding him to a mix that also includes James Brown and Edwin Williams.

Carimi attended the Bears' voluntary minicamp in April but did not participate in organized team activities after that. Instead, he reportedly trained on his own in Arizona.

"We'd like all our players to be here, but Gabe made a decision that was best for Gabe," Bears GM Phil Emery told the Chicago Sun-Times last week.

A source told the Sun-Times that Carimi would fly to Tampa on Monday.

Bucs offensive line coach Bob Bostad coached Carimi at Wisconsin.

The question now is where the Bucs plan to use Carimi. If the plan to use him at right tackle, he must supplant Demar Dotson, who started 15 games last season.

Dotson signed a four-year, $6.5 million contract this offseason, according to TampaBay.com. A former basketball player, Dotson didn't play football until his senior season at Southern Miss.